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Legend of trick encasing prone individual (7)

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I believe the answer is:

caption

'legend' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'trick encasing prone individual' is the wordplay.
'trick' becomes 'con' (a con is a fraud or trick).
'encasing' is an insertion indicator.
'prone' becomes 'apt' (I've seen this before).
'individual' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral for one).
'apt'+'i'='apti'
'con' going around 'apti' is 'CAPTION'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for caption that I've seen before include "Pontiac (anag)" , "Brief description of an illustration" , "Text under photo" , "Elegance of dress" , "Provide (a picture) with a title" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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